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planers
| Projects infobox | |
|---|---|
| Image |  |
| designers | Timothy Schmidt |
| date | 2021 |
| vitamins | |
| materials | |
| transformations | |
| lifecycles | |
| tools | Wrenches |
| parts | Frames, Nuts, Bolts, Plates, End caps |
| techniques | Shelf joints, Tri joints |
| files | |
| suppliers | |
| git | |
Introduction
A thickness planer (also known in the UK and Australia as a thicknesser or in North America as a planer) is a woodworking machine to trim boards to a consistent thickness throughout their length and flat on both surfaces.
Challenges
Planers or thicknessers use a spinning blade or series of cutting tools to flatten a board to a desired thickness. Thicknessing wood can require a powerful motor and sharp tools moving quickly. Engineering a safer tool than commercial equivalents is a goal, but great care with respect to safety should be practiced around any such tool.
Approaches
Parts
- Dewalt portable planer
- Shelix helical carbide cutting head - shares tooling with lathe and mill
Interoperability
Development targets
- Replimat planer (frame, pillow block bearings, flat steel blades sharpened on grinder with replimat linear bearing attachment, motor, V wheels, sheet stock, hardware)